Albert Park Supercars: McLaughlin wins milestone 1000th race

The DJR Team Penske driver was never troubled across the 13 laps, comfortably pulling away from Tickford Racing pair Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters to set up his fourth consecutive win of the season.

The final margin over the pair of Tickford Mustangs was 2.5s, with McLaughlin now holding a perfect points score of 450.

"Overall, really happy," said McLaughlin.

"The team did a great hob. I felt like I executed really well myself and hit my marks and controlled the gap to the end.

"I'm careful with my left-front; it's hard on the fronts around here, you don't want to pop them. We had a nice gap there where I could just bring it home."

Mostert came home second, however his race was less straightforward. A sloppy start saw him drop from second on the grid to fourth on the first lap behind Waters and Red Bull Holden driver Jamie Whincup.

It took just four laps for Mostert to clear Whincup, a well-executed move into Turn 13 making it an all-Mustang top three.

He then set after teammate Waters, a small mistake on the run to Turn 3 opening the door for Mostert to get up the inside into the corner and hold on around the outside of Turn 4 to slot into second.

Waters and Whincup came home third and fourth, followed by another pair of Mustangs driven by Fabian Coulthard and Will Davison.

The second-best of the Holdens was David Reynolds in seventh, with Tim Slade eighth, and James Courtney and Shane van Gisbergen separated by just two-tenths back in ninth and 10th.

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	Ford Mustang GT	-
2	55	Chaz Mostert	Ford Mustang GT	2.5219	2.522
3	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	6.4096	6.410
4	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	7.3124	7.312
5	12	Fabian Coulthard	Ford Mustang GT	10.8209	10.821
6	23	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	11.3897	11.390
7	9	David Reynolds	Holden Commodore ZB	13.1682	13.168
8	14	Tim Slade	Holden Commodore ZB	13.8689	13.869
9	22	James Courtney	Holden Commodore ZB	17.2096	17.210
10	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	17.4055	17.406
11	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	18.5849	18.585
12	5	Lee Holdsworth	Ford Mustang GT	21.5580	21.558
13	99	Anton De Pasquale	Holden Commodore ZB	23.5424	23.542
14	2	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	24.0966	24.097
15	8	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	24.7191	24.719
16	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima L33	25.6755	25.676
17	35	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	28.8461	28.846
18	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Altima L33	29.7107	29.711
19	33	Richie Stanaway	Holden Commodore ZB	35.2392	35.239
20	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Altima L33	35.6766	35.677
21	19	Jack Le Brocq	Holden Commodore ZB	37.5125	37.513
22	21	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	41.0450	41.045
23	34	James Golding	Holden Commodore ZB	41.6083	41.608
24	3	Garry Jacobson	Nissan Altima L33	43.1069	43.107